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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Sharing two interesting articles about the value of technology for humankind:

Algorithm detects depression in speechUSC researchers are using machine learning to diagnose depression, based on speech patterns. The depression-associated speech variations have been documented in
sveral studies; depressed patient speech can be flat, with reduced
variability, and monotonicity. Reduced speech, reduced articulation
rate, increased pause duration, and varied switching pause duration were
also observed.Click to learn more

Robot helps nurses schedule tasks on labor floorAt the CSAIL ( Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory), the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the
world’s most important centers of information technology research, a new system is able to anticipate room assignments and suggest which nurses to assign to patients for C-sections and other procedures provided satisfactory recommendations to nurses 90 percent of the time.